'MOGE' audit uncovers nonprofits' 'incredibly wasteful' spending of taxpayer funds: state official

EXCLUSIVE: An audit by Mississippi authorities auditor Shad White recovered respective instances of "incredibly wasteful" expenditures of authorities HIV/AIDS grants, arsenic President Donald Trump has been criticized for cutting akin backing via the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

White said his study shows funds meant for HIV/AIDS issues were spent by immoderate recipients connected a "Queer-ceanara" – a "Latinx pridefulness period event" based disconnected the Spanish word "Quinceañera" for a girl’s 15th day celebration.

"We've been pursuing the exemplary that President Trump and DOGE acceptable successful digging into payer funds here successful Mississippi," White told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive interrogation astir updates to what is being called "MOGE," oregon Mississippi's mentation of Elon Musk's DOGE authorities ratio work.

"We're peculiarly looking present astatine grants that are being passed from authorities agencies implicit to nonprofits, and our latest findings are truly conscionable a slap successful the look to taxpayers, unfortunately," helium said.

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"So what we started doing is digging into grants that were designed to wage for tests, to trial radical for HIV/AID – and truthful those grants were flowing done the Mississippi Department of Health… And erstwhile you excavation into however [some] nonprofits are spending the money, you spot that it's incredibly wasteful."

White said payer funds meant for constructive means were besides spent connected cab rides successful the overnight hours 1,000 miles distant successful New York City implicit a several-day period.

"[That] looked similar bar-hopping," helium said.

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Elon Musk, left, and Mississippi authorities auditor Shad White. (Reuters/IMAGN)

White remarked that if that benignant of backing "abuse" could hap successful a reddish authorities similar the Magnolia State, it whitethorn lone beryllium the extremity of the iceberg compared to much financially permissive bluish states.

"Our audit shows that erstwhile you excavation into however this wealth is really being spent, it's not really helping radical with HIV/AIDS. It's not helping to trial folks for HIV. It's alternatively conscionable being wasted."

At the aforesaid time, the Trump administration’s National Institutes of Health has been nether occurrence for akin cuts successful its ain DOGE efforts, with one CNN report citing a professional claiming "people volition die."

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The web looked into changes made successful a Health and Human Services database, and 1 root said they had been getting texts from acrophobic people.

Back successful Jackson, White said the HIV/AIDS backing audit is lone the latest successful his office’s wide-ranging efforts to curb discarded oregon fraud successful presumption of authorities payer monies.

"DOGE has highlighted successful peculiar however grants passed down from the national authorities to authorities governments, and past to non-profits, are truly a massive, monolithic fraud risk," helium said.

"Our audit present proves that the craziest benignant of worldly that you spot astatine the national level and the craziest worldly that whitethorn spot successful California oregon New York is happening successful reddish states too. Every azygous authorities needs to beryllium pursuing President Trump's lead."